Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Swelling up; becoming tumid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Swelling up; expanding.

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  • adjective That becomes swollen, especially upon exposure to heat

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Etymologies

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From Latin intumēscēns, present participle of intumescō ("rise, swell"), from tumescō ("become inflated").

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Examples

  • Because of its foaming effect in case of a fire, it is also referred to as "intumescent".

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  • Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).

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  • Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).

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  • I do not advise trephining in the secondary glaucoma following intumescent cataract, for in such cases the semi-fluid lens bulges into and blocks the trephine hole.

    Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 Various

  • Had Cleveland done naught else evil he would have damned himself everlastingly by pulling this intumescent jay out of a Nebraska turnip-patch to make him a cabinet clerk.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • Although Jay Jay finds it necessary to mix display ads with his reading matter to make the latter palatable, he declares that his painful monthly emission has "the largest circulation of any medical magazine in the world" -- thereby indicating that while his mentality may be atrophied, his imagination is intumescent.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 1905

  • While not the only intumescent fire retardant coating on the market, ICYNENE ShelterShield ™ represents a breakthrough - employing a technology not used before in the spray foam industry.

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  • Bodywork is protected by military-grade sacrificial thermo-ceramic intumescent paints (swelling, heat-resistant paint to you and me), and windows and bodywork are further insulated by advanced aerogel laminated insulation.

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  • Bodywork is protected by military-grade sacrificial thermo-ceramic intumescent paints (swelling, heat-resistant paint to you and me), and windows and bodywork are further insulated by advanced aerogel laminated insulation.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • ShelterShield ™, an intumescent fire retardant coating that is available exclusively to Icynene

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